Bought it about 2 months ago @799 (had it for a month now) and this thing is really a beast, runs most things I've thrown at it on high settings at its native res, even BF3 online plays at over 30fps with some tweaking (setting stuff to medium, but other stuff is high/ultra even). Really a great laptop, I'd rank it up there with laptops costing 1100+ easily...

Although my laptop was stated to come with a bilingual keyboard when I received it it was standard US (and I'm even from Quebec) so chances are you will get a normal keyboard and not the bilingual one (although obviously I can't guarantee).

As for questions of battery life, I've only used the battery periodically when I first got it, seems that it lasts about 4-5 hours for normal use (not gaming); to be honest, I've removed the battery since and use it kind of like a desktop, including setting the graphics to 'high performance' and not using the switchable interface (although when I tried it initially it seemed pretty flawless).

If you are looking for a laptop that has great size + performance I can't recommend this enough, even the 5400rpm isn't really that bad, its hardly noticeable compared to the 7200rpm (my friend bought the Y570 which has a geforce 555m and 500gb 7200rpm --> i'd say he boots about 4-5 seconds quicker, but my performance seems to be better for gaming).

Just remember the screen resolution is 1368 x 768, a lot of people tend to complain about this but honestly when playing these games they look absolutely fantastic on the 14'' display. Speakers are great too!!!

Bought it about 2 months ago @799 (had it for a month now) and this thing is really a beast, runs most things I've thrown at it on high settings at its native res, even BF3 online plays at over 30fps with some tweaking (setting stuff to medium, but other stuff is high/ultra even). Really a great laptop, I'd rank it up there with laptops costing 1100+ easily...

Although my laptop was stated to come with a bilingual keyboard when I received it it was standard US (and I'm even from Quebec) so chances are you will get a normal keyboard and not the bilingual one (although obviously I can't guarantee).

As for questions of battery life, I've only used the battery periodically when I first got it, seems that it lasts about 4-5 hours for normal use (not gaming); to be honest, I've removed the battery since and use it kind of like a desktop, including setting the graphics to 'high performance' and not using the switchable interface (although when I tried it initially it seemed pretty flawless).

If you are looking for a laptop that has great size + performance I can't recommend this enough, even the 5400rpm isn't really that bad, its hardly noticeable compared to the 7200rpm (my friend bought the Y570 which has a geforce 555m and 500gb 7200rpm --> i'd say he boots about 4-5 seconds quicker, but my performance seems to be better for gaming).

Just remember the screen resolution is 1368 x 768, a lot of people tend to complain about this but honestly when playing these games they look absolutely fantastic on the 14'' display. Speakers are great too!!!

Is this true? I also want to know. The difference in price is small though. How do you claim the warranties when you purchase through EPP, are there any difference from when you purchase without EPP? Sorry, I have never ordered anything from Lenovo through EPP before. Thanks.